Trunk strap and fastening



(No Model.)

J. R. BROWN. TRUNK STRAP AND FASTENING.

No. 462,198. Patented Oct. 27, 1891.

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Parent JOSHUA R. BHOIYN, OF IIIGII POINT, NORTII CAROLINA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 462,198, dated October27, 1891.

Application filed May 12, 1891 berial No. 392,508. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSHUA. it. Bnowx, of High Point, in the county ofGuili'ord and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Trunk Straps and Iiastenings, of which the following is as eciiication.

My invention is an improved trunk strap and fastening, seeking toprovide a simple cheap construction which will be easy of applicationand will serve to fasten the trunk so it will effectually withstand therough t reatinent received by trunks in traveling; and the inventionconsists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, aswill be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

.In the drawings, Figure I shows a trunk provided with my improved strapand fastening, and Fig. 2 shows the improved devices in detail.

The device, as shown, consists of the strap A, preferably formed ofsteel, brass, or other suitable metal of any desired or necessarythickness. At one end the strap A is provided with a loop or hearing ll,which is by preference connected with the strap, as shown, by forming iton a plate U, having on its rear side a headed stud I) to engage in akey-hole slot E in the strap. For purposes of adjustment I provide twoor more of such keyhole slots in the strap, the headed stud I) beingfitted into the proper slot. It is preferred to connect the loop orbearing l3 to the strap in the manner described; but manifestly thestrap may be provided with such loopor hearing in other ways withoutdeparting from some of the broad principles of my invention.

At the opposite end of the strap A, I provide the hook i pivoted at G tothe strap and arranged to engage the bearing I In the construction shownand as preferred the hook has a special form, being provided near itspivot with a curved portion 1, forming a seat for the bearing l3 andhaving its point extended beyond said seat I to a considerable extent,as shown. This extension of the point or free end of'the hook serves adouble purpose in that it affords ample leverage in adjusting the hookinto engagement with the bearing 15, and also that it permits the pointof the hook to be easily adjusted into and out of engagement with thecatch I. This catch I is located on the strap A near the end to whichthe hook is pivoted, and is in the nature of a box or keeper, open atone side at 2 and adapted to receive the point of the hook and securethe latter in engagement with the bearing B.

In practice I prefer to employ two straps A and to notch the bottom ofthe trunk at its front and rear edges at J to prevent any slipping ol'the straps. It is also preferred to arrange the hooks on the two strapsto face in opposite directions, each toward the end of the trunkadjacent. to it,,in order that in fastening the trunk a hook may betaken in each hand and drawn downward and toward each other toconveniently fasten both straps at the same time.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. In a strapand fastening, th e combination of the strap provided at one end withthe loop or hearing, the hook pivoted atone end to the strap near theend thereof opposite said loop or hearing, provided near its pivot witha seat for the bearing or loop and having its pointextended beyond saidseat, and the catch provided on the strap adjacent to the hook andarranged to receive and hold thepoint of such hook, substantially as setforth.

2. The improved strap and fastening herein described, comprising thestrap provided at one end with a key-hole slot or slots and near itsopposite end with a catch, as I, the plate having a loop or keeperprovided on its rear side with a headed stud arranged to enter the saidkey-hole slot, and the hook pivoted at one end to the strap at the endthereof opposite the key-hole slots arranged to engage the loop orhearing and provided near its pivot with a seat arranged to receive thesame and extended beyond said seat and having its free end arranged forengagement with the catch I in the fastened position of the hook, allsubstantially as set forth.

23. The combination of the trunk and the metal strappassed around thesame and provided with a bearing connected adjustably with one end andwith a hook pivoted to its opposite end and arranged to engage saidbearing, all substantially as set forth.

JOSHUA R. BROWN. \Vitnesscs:

GEO. A. MATTON, E. A. Snow.

